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Reforma unei zone monetare sub-optimale
Reforming a suboptimal currency area

Author(s): Ion-Lucian Catrina
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: monetary union; fiscal reform; public debt; growth; competitiveness

Summary/Abstract: For more than two years, the most used expression in relation with the European Union refers to the imminent monetary „disintegration”. Such a scenario is not realistic at all, because it does not take into account the economic interdependencies existing between the member countries of the monetary zone. This paper aims at showing that despite the fact that the European Monetary Union has started as a sub-optimal monetary area, it will not disintegrate, but rather force the reform towards fiscal unification. We also highlight the fact that the latest mechanisms chosen to ensure budgetary stability are only temporary solutions compared with the complex European Union’s issues: high debts, fiscal policy, competitiveness, growth and others.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 167
  • Page Range: 103-111
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian